#A6742B#A6742B

#A6742B is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.208; OKLCH L 59.7% C 0.108 H 72.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A6742B
RGB	rgb(166, 116, 43)
HSL	hsl(36, 59%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(36, 74%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.1%, 74.1%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.70, 12.76, 46.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.70, 48.01, 74.59°)
OKLab	oklab(59.69% 0.0317 0.1029)
OKLCH	oklch(59.69% 0.108 72.9)
XYZ	xyz(22.4089, 20.7741, 5.1146)
Luminance	0.2077 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A6742B #2B5DA6

analogous

#A6362B #A6742B #9AA62B

triadic

#A6742B #2BA674 #742BA6

tetradic

#A6742B #2BA636 #2B5DA6 #A62B9A

square

#A6742B #2BA636 #2B5DA6 #A62B9A

split-complementary

#A6742B #2B9AA6 #362BA6

monochromatic

#453012 #75521E #A6742B #CE9441 #DAB071

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.07

#A6742B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.15

#A6742B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A6742B

5.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A6742B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A6742B	1.00	4.07	5.15	5.15
#FFFFFF	4.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#867721

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#91832D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B56765

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a6742b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(166, 116, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.7% 0.108 72.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c59c69',
    500: '#a6742b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a6742b;
$custom-light: #c59c69;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a6742b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 166,
    "g": 116,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.61,
    "s": 58.852,
    "l": 40.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59694,
    "c": 0.10769,
    "h": 72.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.20772
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A6742B

secondary

#6B8EC1

accent

#85E246

background

#FCF9F6

surface

#F9F2EB

border

#D2CCC6

text

#140E06

muted

#827E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A6742B

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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